Curriculum
First year
- English communicative strategies - 12 ECTS
- English drama on stage and on screen - 8 ECTS
- From novel to film: Britain (with a seminar of comparative literature: stories across borders) - 12 ECTS
- History and industry of international cinema - 8 ECTS
- The art and industry of publishing - 4 ECTS
- Writing and producing for animation (with a seminar of literature, cinema and TV series for kids and young audiences) - 8 ECTS
- Writing for cinema and television - 8 ECTS
Second year
- English specialised texts - 8 ECTS
- Transmedia storytelling - 4 ECTS
- From novel to film: USA - 8 ECTS
- Contemporary Italian cinema - 4 ECTS
- Two different options are possible:
- Foreign language (plus 8 ECTS during the first year: in this case the student will only take 4 ECTS in English drama on stage and on screen and only 4 ECTS in From novel to film) - 8 ECTS
- Elective courses available from the School of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literatures (in Italian or English) - 8 ECTS
- Elective course or Internship - 4 ECTS
- Final written dissertation - 24 ECTS
Career opportunities
At the end of the course students may apply for jobs related to the development, evaluation and distribution of narrative contents, both in the more classic areas of fiction and publishing, as well as in TV, cinema, internet, not excluding other areas (like social media) that make use of storytelling tools.
Programme dates
Classes for the academic year 2023/24 start on October 2nd, 2023.
The calendar for the academic year 2023/24 will be available in July 2023.
For reference: find here the calendar of the Faculty of Linguistic sciences and Foreign literature for the a.y. 2022/23.
Learning Italian
If you are looking for a flexible and autonomous solution to learn Italian while studying at Università Cattolica, you can access the self-learning linguistic lab (CAP) of the SeLdA (Servizio Linguistico d’Ateneo) and benefit from a personalized language advisory service.
In addition, SELDA organizes fee-paying Italian language courses, for more information contact SELDA from the dedicated iCatt function (in the homepage, box “request for information”).
Theology seminar
Students are required to attend theology teachings aimed at offering a reasoned and critical knowledge of the Christian message.